Melbourne Bicycle Tour

As well as being one of the world's most liveable cities, Melbourne is one of the best for cyclists. Lauren Phillips decided to hop on a bike and take us all around to see some of Melbourne’s greatest hotspots.

The exciting and vibrant city of Melbourne has some great highlights as local girl Lauren Phillips can tell you. She’s heard all the jokes about Melbourne weather, but she knows that her hometown has plenty of good weather for everyone to explore the outdoors. She decided to hop on a bike and take us all around to see some of Melbourne’s greatest hotspots.

Melbourne is a city buzzing with dynamic and cutting-edge arts and culture. As one of the world’s most liveable cities, it’s also one of the most rideable. Lauren joined a bicycle tour with Real Melbourne Bike Tours and explored her hometown in a different way.

There are heaps of bike tracks around the city, making it a safer ride. The four-hour tour Lauren joined took a sightseeing loop of the city and its surrounds, all at a cruising pace easy for beginners.

Melbourne grew around the banks of the Yarra River and it’s still the best place to get a decent vantage point over the city. Ride along and see famous attractions like the Melbourne Cricket Ground and the Melbourne Exhibition Building, which in 1901 held Australia’s first Parliament.

One of Lauren’s favourite spots in Melbourne was the next stop on the tour. In the courtyard of an industrial block, is Grub Fitzroy, a 1965 Airstream Caravan, which earned its name because the owners thought the caravan looked like an oversized silver grub. Tour patrons can stop for a quick drink or bite if they fancy!

No tour of Melbourne is complete without a spot of shopping. Books For Cooks is a staple for Melbourne foodies, it has everything from the very popular to the very obscure. With about 40 000 books in the store, there’s a book for everyone at all levels of cooking.

Back on the bikes and it was time to marvel at the fascinating art scene, which booms in the Fitzroy backstreets. Different artists have been commissioned to paint all over the city, even in the carparks.

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